Man and nature: the tropics and the poles1849 |
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... interesting incidents . The great object to be obtained is the presentation of truth , whether physical or moral , in an attractive form ; and if this can be done successfully without the aid of fiction , and facts made pleasing by ...
... interesting incidents . The great object to be obtained is the presentation of truth , whether physical or moral , in an attractive form ; and if this can be done successfully without the aid of fiction , and facts made pleasing by ...
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... interesting and pleasing people in their personal appearance and manners , differing , in many respects , both in looks and customs , from all other tribes he had seen . They were not a warlike people ; for they seldom , if ever ...
... interesting and pleasing people in their personal appearance and manners , differing , in many respects , both in looks and customs , from all other tribes he had seen . They were not a warlike people ; for they seldom , if ever ...
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... interesting tribe became utterly extinct , in consequence of the ravages of the small - pox in 1837 and 1838. Some thirty or forty escaped the disease , and were taken as slaves by the Riccarees - the rest were all swept away . One ...
... interesting tribe became utterly extinct , in consequence of the ravages of the small - pox in 1837 and 1838. Some thirty or forty escaped the disease , and were taken as slaves by the Riccarees - the rest were all swept away . One ...
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... interesting ; and we have here as great a contrast as could well be imagined , to the fur - clad dwellers among the snow - plains and icebergs of Boothia Felix , in the fiery Ashantee , from the burning coast of Africa . The land of ...
... interesting ; and we have here as great a contrast as could well be imagined , to the fur - clad dwellers among the snow - plains and icebergs of Boothia Felix , in the fiery Ashantee , from the burning coast of Africa . The land of ...
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... Moselekatse , King of the Amazooloo , and first made known to Englishmen by Captain Harris , in a most interesting book of Travels in Southern Africa . Moselekatse possessed a fine , tall , well - proportioned 96 THE AFRICAN KING. ...
... Moselekatse , King of the Amazooloo , and first made known to Englishmen by Captain Harris , in a most interesting book of Travels in Southern Africa . Moselekatse possessed a fine , tall , well - proportioned 96 THE AFRICAN KING. ...
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abound animals appear arctic ASHANTEE CHIEF beast beneath bird-nester birds boats body BOOTHIA FELIX buffalo Captain Harris Captain Ross carcase catching Catlin China Chinese civilized climate coast colour comfort Confucius coracle courage covered deer dogs dressed duction earth eggs eider-duck elephant engraving Esquimaux European feet forests frozen Fury Beach gannet grass Greenland habits hair Hebrides herd Hindoo hundred Indian inhabited jungle king land Laplander length lichen living lodges MANDAN INDIANS Mandans manner miles monante Moselekatse nation natives nests night North America northern Norway once parsee passed perish Polar Sea poor pounds weight reach regions reindeer rivers robes rock rope round sachems sail sea-fowl seemed ship shore side Sir Felix Booth skin sledges snow soon spear spot stick summer thousand tiger Tiriksiu trees tribe vessel Victory village visited voyage wigwam wild winter wolf wolves wood